October Surprise

You may have seen various “Hitler Reacts” videos on YouTube. They’re made from a clip taken from the 2004 German film Der Untergang (one of my favorite films, incidentally). In this scene, Hitler goes bonkers when he’s informed that Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner was not able to amass enough troops to break the Soviet stronghold on Berlin. … Read more

Are these really the best adjectives to describe MormonThink? One of the complaints I hear from the proprietors and/or supports of MormonThink is that it is unfair to characterize MormonThink as being “anti-Mormon” or as being unfair and overly critical of the Church. If you read the purpose statement on MormonThink you’ll see gratuitous (and … Read more

(An image I found on Reddit. This pretty much sums up the “October Surprise” very nicely.) Some of you may remember that the ever incorrigible Tom Phillips has long been promising an “October Surprise” that would, allegedly, shatter the foundations of the Church and send Mormons into panic. It was only a matter of time, … Read more